SailorStar9: This is Chapter 7 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 7: University Life, Part Two


Ami stretched, her eyes still closed as she slowly woke up. When she opened her eyes, she blinked, looking around, confused at first as to where she was. This was not her bedroom, and it took her a moment to remember what she was doing in Yuki's bed. She closed her eyes, trying to remember what had happened the previous evening. It only took her a moment for her mind to fully wake up and provide the missing information. Satisfied, she nodded and got up. She passed the large mirror in the bedroom and smiled a bit, "My mouse sure likes to look at himself a lot." she grinned, humming an upbeat tune as she saw how she looked in one of his shirts – a button down one as Yuki did not seem to own very many t-shirts.

The door opened, "Not as much as I like to look at you, Nymph." the young Sohma grinned, "And I think this." he gestured to her, indicating how she was dressed, "Is something that I could never grow tired of looking at."

Ami blushed, "I figured you'd already left for practice."

Yuki shook his head, "Nah. Though I did not think you'd wake up before I did." he came over to her and kissed her softly, though she pushed him away.

"Ugh, let me brush my teeth first!"

He laughed, "Go right ahead. Breakfast is almost finished, and then I will have to abandon you for the morning."

Ami rolled her eyes and then ducked into the bathroom. For a moment, she panicked. The whole reason she was wearing his shirt was that she had not come prepared to spend the night, which meant that she would not have a toothbrush either.

Yuki called in after her, "There's an extra toothbrush in the top drawer."

Ami blinked, but took care of her morning ablutions anyway, wondering why he had an extra toothbrush. Why would he be prepared for an overnight guest? The question bothered her until she emerged for breakfast.

Yuki frowned when he saw her as he placed the miso soup bowl on the table. "Ami? Is something wrong?"

"Why did you have an extra toothbrush?"

Yuki chuckled, realizing that he should have expected that detail to be a bit troubling to Ami. "Wishful thinking, Nymph. I had eventually hoped that we would wind up cohabiting, and I wanted to be prepared." He moved over to kiss her, "I promise, Ami, you've had my heart all this time. The apartment key I gave you wasn't for show. I really want us living together."

She nodded and let him kiss her, after a moment actually returning the kiss. When they broke she sighed, "Were you disappointed with last night then?"

Yuki shook his head, bringing the eggs over, "Plates are above the sink. And no, I'm not at all disappointed with last night, Ami. I'm not going to press you into anything that you're not ready for. And even more than that, Nymph, I'm rather determined that this will be a long term relationship. I can wait however long I need to knowing that we'll we have the rest of our lives to explore that."

Ami grabbed two plates and put them on the table, and then two glasses as well. "Still. Maybe I should have gone home so that you would not have had to sleep on the couch in your own apartment."

"And miss seeing my sexy Nymph first thing in the morning? No, love, that sacrifice was well worth it." He grabbed milk and juice out of the refrigerator and gestured for her to sit. "Ami, I mean it when I say that there's no rush. Please, believe me and stop worrying about it."

Ami nodded, smiling softly to him. "Thank you, Yuki." She sat and put some food on her plate, admitting to herself that she liked waking up like this.

"You're welcome."

For a few minutes, the two ate in comfortable silence. Neither finding it necessary to fill the silence with words.


"Cohabitation!" the girls echoed in unison and ignoring Usagi's whimper after the blushing Ami informed them at their weekly gatherings.

"He is moving fast." Minako teased.

"And he's been training you in close-quarters-combat?" Makoto was impressed.

"Well, I have basic training with him and his older cousin when we were younger." Ami admitted. "I get bullied a lot in elementary school and Yuki can't be everywhere. I suppose I was just tired of being afraid, tired of running away from my problems "

"But I've never seen you use CQC." Rei pointed out.

"It's just that..." Ami defended. "I forgot."

"Forgot?" the girls chorused.

"That's not something you'll 'forget', Ami." Makoto reminded.

"Well, I just did." Ami snapped.

"Woah, down girl." Makoto raised two hands in defense.

"Come to think of it, we really should set up training sessions." Minako suggested. "I mean, we can't just let our skills get rusty. Right?"


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